Would you classify yourself as a “Monday-Hater”? A vast majority of students immensely detest Monday because it signifies the end of a relaxing weekend and the beginning of another stressful, busy week. However, if a four day school week was implemented then Monday could be tagged on to the weekend and everyone would become “Tuesday-Haters”. Woodbury High School (WHS) would benefit from a switch to a four day school week because it would save District 833 money, increase student attendance, and decrease the amount of stress in students.…
Some people claim that it will raise scores because of the idea students will be more attentive in school, thus increasing their intellect. Despite these claims, the test scores of students do not significantly increase or decrease. Similar to Beesley and Anderson 's suggestion, it seems that schools save money while maintaining comparable test scores. (The Four-Day School Week: Information and Recommendations, pg. 26). Overall, it seems as though the benefits of a four-day school week are strong enough for it to pull through despite the fact it doesn 't dramatically increase test…
Most students attend school Monday through Friday from about 8:00 a.m. until about 3:00 p.m. Some schools, however, have switched to a four-day school week, and they attend school only Monday through Thursday from about 8:00 a.m. until about 5:00 p.m. Which school schedule would you prefer, and why?…
The article “Why School Should Start Later in the Day” is about why school should start later in the day. The article has all types of examples, studies, and explains the ups and downs. Tells about how one hour extra of sleep can help prevent a teen from becoming suicidal, depressed, and prevent them from the use of alcohol. The article also states that this could raise more money for schools. Also, this will help boost the physical and mental state of students, examples, better grades, will pay more attention in school, and will show improvement in sports.…
The teachers will have a more relaxed and humbled peace of minds giving students less of a chance and a reason to act out. In document C, it states that students absent in the four day week was way lower than the students absent in a five day week. More students attended school because there is no reason to skip school if there is only four days. In context, school will be a happier place and students would be well- behaved.…
If there is a busy schedule between both parents during the day, Fridays off for students will help parents work and not worry about their kids if their kids were to go to a family member's house or sleep over a friend's house. Parents will save money if students go to their family or friends house instead of the parents hiring a baby sitter. A four day school week may come in handy if you have the entire Friday off to schedule appointments with doctors or dentists. If there was a Friday a student was taken out of school to go to the dentist, but the dentist was packed, he would be late to go back to school. Four day school weeks may alter that a little, say on a normal Friday, that the dentist would be full of students, but if there was no school on Friday, then there would be any line to wait in, and no rush to get back to school before school is over. The other upside of having Fridays off is that parents can do errands with out interruptions. If students have Fridays off, they can go to a friend's house so that their parents can run errands without interruption. According to Jami Dow, a mother who moved to Hot Springs, South Dakota ( a district that has a four day school week) three years ago to be closer to her parents, said, "Many families use the extra day to schedule doctor and dentist…
School should have four days weeks because teachers get more time to prepare for the week. Kids also get more time to do homework. Teachers can get things out for the week.…
In the midst of strong debate, we hereby declare independence from the atrociousness of five days of strenuous schoolwork. School should only last four days per week. We should be let free of school at least three days per week which include Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We need freedom from schools and need some sort of break from it. Sometimes we need some time to digest the information we have been taught from the previous school week. School should only last four days per week.…
I wake up at 6:00a.m. every morning during the weekdays and dread coming to school for seven and a half hours. The school board plans to add one and a half hours to school each day. Most schools start early in the morning and get out early in the afternoon. I’m not a morning person so I don’t like getting up early. On the weekends I sleep in really late unless we have to go somewhere.…
The schools that have a four day school week have seen better academic results. It also gives teachers longer days to relax and more time to grade home work. So I think the school systems in the United States should have a four day school…
The article, The Four-Day School Week by, Don Kordosky states, “In Oakridge, the number of available work hours missed by teachers decreased significantly (21.8%) after the move to a four-day school week,” and it also states that, “Attendance in some schools increased 3% as measured against available instructional hours” (Crosscut). The first quote shows you that teachers attendance increased and the second quote shows that students attendance increased too. It's safe to say that a four day week is a…
“At more than 3000 K-12 campuses around the country, school isn’t necessarily out for the summer.” (Zubrycki pg. 1). Year-round schools have varied schedules, and benefit to students, teachers, and parents. Scientists have proven the schedule and multi-tracking of year-round schools are not just a benefit for the students, but for parents and teachers as well.…
First off, you will need to learn how the daily and weekly schedules are set up. For example, some of the most popular schedules are 45-15 days. Which means students will attend school for 45 days and then get 15 days off. Next, other schools schedules can vary slightly in the number of days attending and days off from school. For example, some schools will do 60-20 or 90-30 days. It means that that kids will go to school for 60 days and get 20 days off or go to school for 90 days and get 30 days off. Lastly, more than 3 million students go to year -round school. The author, Grace Chen, from the passage Year Round vs. Traditional schedules in Public Schools states, “That nearly 3 million K-12 students in the U.S. attend a year-round school.” Which means that more students prefer to go to a year-round school than a traditional school. As you can see each…
Amanda is stressed out because of school and she can't wait for summer. In summer she gets to relax for months, hang out with her friends at her aunt's pool, and go to Maine to see her grandparents. Unfortunately, her school is becoming a year round school. She now will see her grandparents less and lose the time to hang out with her friends. She disdains year round school. There shouldn't be year round school because Summer break is an iconic part of America, kids deserve a long break and it would be hard to set up activities if kids are off so often.…
Moreover, having students stay in school for more days can help the school meet its needs. A better explanation would be schools would have no problems, economically. To prove the point, students buy snacks, lunch, parking, and materials. Students don't realize how much they help the school pay its bills such as diesel, supplies, and utility payments. Having a four day school week can increase the…